Coat and sleeve



July 14, 1936- H.1C. DANNUNZIO 2,047,620

COAT AND SLEEVE '5' "mllhl I IHHHHIII Filed Sept. 14, 1935 2 I ATTORNEY.

Patented July 14, .1936

UNITED STATES zrnmzzo PATENT OFFICE 2 on. (C1

My invention relates to an improvement in a coat and more particularlyin the sleem of said coat as combined with the coat.

There have been many attempts to construct 5 a coat having sleeves withperfectly free play at the arm holes but none has been developed thatpermits both ,free arm movement, free shoulder .and back action as thejoiningof the sleeve at the arm hole of the coat has heretofore alwaysin caused a binding or limitation. of perfectly free movement in onedirection or another and usual ly in both.

Also, if the arm hole in the body or the coat and the. adjoining portionof the sleeve be made l5 unusually large, then the coat and sleeve donot hang or set right and will cause a misflttlng coat that will notlook right and will not meet commercial requirements as to style andfit. It is therefore apparent that this is a real 20 problem and that ithas not been solved because of the dimculty in securing free arm,shoulder and back action simultaneously with good fit and appearance. j

My combined coat and sleeve construction has as solved this problem andfurnishes not only a coat having a sleeve which permits free armswinging action but also permits the raising of both arms to the fullupright position without raising the shoulders of the coat and thereturning of the to coat and sleeve to the normal position when loweredto the normal position and at the same time furnishing a flne fittingcoat of the finest style and appearance at all times.

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 is a back 35\ plan view of. anundersleeve portion of a coat sleeve;

Fig. 2 isa separate element conforming to the upper end 01' saidundersleeve portion;

Fig.3 is a second separate element similar to 40 Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 shows separate elementsi and 3 stitched together along the dottedline on the lower edge; Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section on the line5-5 of Fig. 4; A

45 Fig. 6 shows my coat with the sleeve in the raised position, bothcoat and sleeve being broken away for convenience in illustration;

Fig. 7 is the same as Fig. 6, but with the sleeve in the loweredposition; Fig. 8 is similar to Fig. 6 enlarged and with the upper partcut off to show the cross section structure;

e Fig. 9 is a front view of Fig. 6.

In the drawing, I is the main body of the coat and .II the sleeve. Theundersleeve portion of the sleeve ii is it and it an upper end it. Aseparate element It conforming in shape to the upper end it oi theundersleeve it is adapted to be stitched to a second similar separateelement it with portion it overlying it along the dotted line it so asto secure said elements it and i5 together as shown'in Figs. 4 and 5.The upper edge of element M is then stitched along the front upper edgeof M, with the portion M overlying portlon ill. The element it is thenturned 10 back over the upper edge of i3 and again stitched to theunderside oi It at ii. The element it is then turned back on element italong the line of stitching or seam l6 and stitched to the coat toaround substantially 1 the entire armscye. An

elastic member i9 is secured at one end to the seam i6 and at theotherrend to the back or underside of the undersleeve member l2.

It is to be particularly noted that the extensible member formed by theJoining together of separate elements it and it as shown in Figures 4and 5 actually extends around substantially the entire arniscye asindicated at it in Figures 6, 7 and 8. Figure 9 shows how thisextensible-mem her comes to the very iront oi the armscye.

In my coat and sleeve construction, I not only have a structure whichpermits or the ready swinging of the and the closing of the opening onthe return to the normal position of the arm but also my novel structurepermits the full raising of the arm without lifting the shoulders 'ofthe coat and displacing same as in all prior structures. Also mycombination permits the wearer to use the arms, shoulders and back in away hitherto impossible without straining or ripping the back of thecoat because of the free play to arms, shoulders and back made possibleby the same. 40

There are many variations possible in the particular structure of mydevice without departing from the spirit and intent of the same and suchvariations are comprehended within the claims.

I ciaimz. I g g 1. In a coat. a sleeve having .the usual undersleevesection, a pair of strip like elements of substantially uniform widtheach formed with a COD-1 vex longitudinal edge and a concavelongitudinal edge conforming to the-upper end of said under- 0 *sleeveand the first element having its concave edge attached to saidundersleeve and thereover substantially along the entire inner edge ofthe same, said second element being attached along its convex edge tothe convex edge of said first 2y element, the concave edge ot-saidsecond element to the adjoining arm hole of thesubstantialiyalongtheentireinneredge'ofthe same, said second elementbeing attached along its convex edge to the convex edge of said firstelement, the concave edge 01' said second element being secured to theadjoining arm hole or the coat and an elastic element secured at-one endto the fastened edges of said two elements and at the other end to theinner side of said undersleeve element.

' HARRY C. DANNUNZIO.

